Frenches Wharf Marina - 2008 - Greenfield, UK
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This date stone was laid in the ground of a paved area next to a boat marina on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal to commemorate its completion.
Waymark Code: WMQZ8Y
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/18/2016
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The Huddersfield Narrow Canal
This canal is one of three that crosses the Pennine Hills and built to provide transport between Huddersfield in Yorkshire and Ashton-Under-Lyne in Lancashire.
Work started on it in 1794 and partly due to the need to construct the longest canal tunnel in the United Kingdom it was completed 17 years later in 1811.
The canal is only 20 miles long and due to the nature of the terrain has 74 locks even though the summit tunnel reduced the required number of locks. The canal climbs 436 feet from Huddersfield and descends 334 feet to Ashton-Under-Lyne.
Competition from the railways led to the closure of the canal in 1944. During the 1970s leisure boating in the U.K. had become popular and there were various campaigns to re-open canals that had lain derelict for a number of years.
Work on restoring this canal started in 1981 and the whole canal was finally reopened by 2001. These days the canal is only open to leisure boaters and with the re-opening of other connecting canals it is possible to travel far and wide.
The Marina
A derelict site between the canal and the River Tame has been redeveloped and a new pub restaurant and supermarket built. A condition of the development was the building of a marina for boats on the canal. It is the only marina on the canal.
Between the canal and the marina the area has been paved and seating laid out.
The commemorative stone was laid in this area. Although completed in 2008, the marina did not open until 2010 after work on the supermarket finished.
Year built or dedicated as indicated on the structure or plaque: 2008
Full Inscription (unless noted above):
this stone was laid by
Phil Woolas MP
on Friday 23rd May 2008
to commemorate
the completion of
Frenches Wharf Marina
Website (if available): [Web Link]
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